Savage v. Wallace
Supreme Court of Alabama
Trespass by Animals on Crop. Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. H. Sprott. Action by W. H. Wallace against Victor Savage in trespass for damages resulting from stock going upon Ms crops.
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Trespass by Animals on Crop. Appeal from Fayette Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. S. H. Sprott. Action by W. H. Wallace against Victor Savage in trespass for damages resulting from stock going upon Ms crops. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals. — The contention of the appellant is that the act of providing a stock law for Fayette county, Alabama, found iñ Local Acts 1900-01, p. 2646, et seq., was void for uncertainty and indefiniteness, and that the court establishing the stock law district obtained no jurisdiction of the subject-matter. On the question of jurisdiction they cite. —…
1Opinion of the CourtSayre, J.
— The plaintiff below, appellee here, sued the defendant before a justice of the peace for damage done by defendant’s cattle to plaintiff’s crop. On appeal to the circuit court the plaintiff had a judgment. The appeal to this court raises the question of the validity of an order of the judge of probate of Fayette county declaring Hice precinct, No. 7, to be a stock-law precinct. The proceeding to that end was had under *574the provisions of an act entitled “An act to provide and establish a stock law for Fayette county, Alabama,” approved March 5, 1901 (Loc. Laws 1900-01, p. 2646). Section 1 of…
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